St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-02-09
K0TA EEGRSLATURE
The Day spent Chiefly i'm syrangling
over appropriation Bills.

DA Ao2A GLEGRS1ATORE. f.
The Day spent Chiefly in tvrangling
over appropriation Bills.
Special to the Globe.
BISMARCK. Oak. Feb. S.-There was
double-rng circus in the house to-day when
Council Bill 13, relating to legaiZing an
election in Sioux Falls, whereby 500, 900
worth of bonds had been voted as bonus to
the Burlington. Cedar Rapids & Northern
railroad. came up for passage over the
governors veto. Sullivan, of Aurora,
wanted the bill referred to a special COM
mlttee, which he designated. for the purpose
OF aScertaining whether the passage of the
bill was legal Dr not. 1t was claimed that
the Judiciary committee had passed lightly
over the bill, and it had not been given the
consideration that it ought to have Chair
man Aitkin, of the judiciary committee.
said the committee had not given the bill
special attention since it was a local issue,
and cid not interest the people OF the ter
Tltory at large, and as Council Bill No. 10
had passed the house, as a matter of
courtesy to the members from Grand Forks,
they thought this bill should be given the
same treatment. Sullivan and Adams
fought the passage of the bill over the veto
on the ground that it should not be made
club with which to belabor Acting Gov.
Mccormick, and was of such Importance
that it should be
CAREFULLY CONSIDERED
before passing. Sullivan wanted the gov
errors message vetoing the bill read. but it
was found that it had been sent to the
house by the clerk of the council, and Sui
llyan became suspicious that something was
wrong. A:tllin urged that it was not nee
eSSary that the message should be sent to
the house and asked that the bill be made
q special order for tomorrow afternoon at
5 o'clock. and Sullivan asked him if he
would say that in his estimation the bill
was legal. Aitkin replied that the legality
of the bill was not the question under dis
cussiOn. Mr.. Gilbert. the representative
from Sioux Falls, got worked up and stated
that he had kilograms from all the promin-
ent business men in Sioux Falls urging him
to do all he conld to get the bill through,
and he claimed that there was but one per
son who objected to the voting of the bonds.
and he was interested in the Milwaukee
railroad, but he would not mention his
name at that time. There was consider
able lively sparring and finally Sullivan's
motion for the appointment of a special
committee to which the bill was to be re-
ferred was put to vote and lost. Atkins
amendment that the bill be made a special
order for tomorrow passed. There is
some doubt about the bill passing the
house, as it will take two
thirds vote to carry it over the governors
veto. The jealousy existing between the
house and council is liable to cut some
figure in this matter The house went into
committee of the whole to consider Dr.
Stewards bill asking for an appropriation
of $50, 600 for the establishment of sol
diers' home within two miles of Hot Springs
Oak. Things went along smoothly until
the speaker moved an amendment cutting
down the appropriation to $25.000 This
caused DR.. Stewards hair to stand on end
and he
SCORED THE MEMBERS
of the house up one side and down another
for being so mercenary. If they could not
appropriate money enough to build home
they had better not appropriate any, and
S25. 900 would cut no particular figure in
building this Institution. He claimed that
the Black Hills district was entitled to some
recognition, as nearly every other part of
the territory had received the benefit of
some appropriation. This brought j. II.
Fletcher, Of Brown, to his feet. Mr..
Fletcher asks for an educational institution
at Ordway and he said that he believed the
territory should show her soldiers respect,
but he could not vote for the bill. as
his people wanted an appropriation and he
thought they were entitled to it, as Central
Dakota had heretofore been left long dis
tance out in the sold Mr. Mallory. of
Dickey. wanted to amend the bill by fixing
the location within half mile of Glendale
This amendment was put TO vote and
went down. Pruitt moved that the bill be
r.ported to the house favOrably and the mo-
tion was carried. but when DR.. Stewart
asked that the rules be suspended and the
bill be placed on its passage, the motion
failed to 90 through. The soldiers home
fiyht is now on and for certainty. and it
bids fair to be very lively before the finish,
as there are no less than half dozen bills
of that nature before the two houses. The
chances are that they will all get left. and
the old veterans in the territory will be
obliged to live as they have lived hereto
fore. The following
BILLS WERE INTRODUCED:
Mr. Ely q bill for an act creating and de-
fning the boundaries of the counties of
pierce and Church and for other purposes; Mr.
nutcb. q bill to amend section of chapter
o. of the general laws of 1879, increasing the
amount of the license for the sale of into XII
aatino LIQUORS. The bill raises the license to
SI o00 from $500. Mr.. Elliott, joint resolu-
ION and memorial praying congress for a
national law foR the examination of contagi-
ons pleuro-pneumonia among cattle in the
Un tied States.
The council spent the day considering
hill introduced by Matthews providing that
on petition of 200 electors the county COM
missioners can appoint county auditor.
An amendment was made to the effect that
q nrotest from majority of the electors in
county will prevent the commissioners
from appointing an auditor for at least one
near. 4. T. Sheldon introduced bill ex-
smnting the library and instruments of sur
,Taons and professional men, mechanics
tools and farm implements of a value not to
evceed $500 from taxation.
FEELING AT SIOUX FALLS.
special to the Globe
SIOUX FALLS: Dak:, Feb 8;-Tho effort
of Mitchell to whip Sioux Falls into her